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CERN Has Just Made A Huge CLAIM!
Particles travelling faster than the speed of light have been found. This startling claim comes from a source as respectable as CERN. This was supposedly observed in a neutrino experiment carried out by CERN. However, it is too early to confirm this startling result.
UPDATE: The 'discovery' was made by the OPERA experiment while the neutrinos were beamed from Geneva to a lab in Gran Sasso in Italy. The pre-print of the report, prepared by CERN and published today (23rd September) can be found here: http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.4897
A news webcast by CERN will be available live later today. Details and URL of the webcast : http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=155620
CERN Press Release by CMS: http://www.interactions.org/cms/?pid=1031063
Faster Than The Speed of Light? Real Life Tachyons?
Albert Einstein and his Special Theory of Relativity taught us that nothing having mass can travel at the speed of light or above. Massless particles can travel only at the speed of light. Thus, nothing can travel faster than the speed of light.
CERN's scientists have now found that neutrinos, one of the most enigmatic particles, have breached this barrier. Neutrinos have nearly no mass, no charge and interact negligibly with ordinary matter. It is due to these properties that they cannot be easily detected. The scientists claim that a neutrino beam fired near Geneva to a lab 730 kilometers away in Italy reached its destination 60 nanoseconds earlier than expected. The experimental and statistical errors combine to deduct 10 nanoseconds, which still leaves 50 nanoseconds unexplained and makes this result significant. There are obvious checks and re-checks being performed.
What All Of This Really Means – Is Einstein Up For Grabs? A Close Look: http://techie-buzz.com/science/faster-than-light-neutrino.html
Confirmation Awaits
CERN is now depending on the colliders in America and the T2K neutrino experiment in Japan to reinforce its findings. The findings may need many runs and checks to be confirmed. Once confirmed, it raises many questions, including why such an effect wasn't noticed before. The big question would be this: What happens to Special Relativity, which is an extremely reliable theory?
John Ellis, a theoretical physicist at CERN, gauges the magnitude of the find, if found true:
This would be such a sensational discovery if it were true that one has to treat it extremely carefully.
About the implication for Special Relativity, Ellis says that It has worked perfectly till now".
Jury Out On Relativity? Not Really!
A knee-jerk reaction would provoke statements about revolutionizing the whole of physics, since stars to elementary particles, all rely on the Special Theory of Relativity. It has been wonderfully accurate, especially when combined with Quantum Mechanics to form Quantum Field Theory. Personally, at this moment, I don't think this will throw Relativity out, even if the result is correct – Relativity is too beautiful and has been proved too correct in too many situations for that drastic step. I would even stick my neck out and add that this observation is some sort of experimental glitch and that faster-than-light particles have not really been detected. However, only more tests will testify to that.
The grand old man of physics has been challenged by a tiny, nearly massless particle.


text: We were at a wedding this afternoon. Very nice folks. We certainly wish them the best. We knew the bride since she was just a little toddler. Or maybe I should say we knew the family since she was just a little toddler. I don't think I have my mind wrapped around this thing known as the "passing of time" yet. Kids growing up and getting married. hmm.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. - Tennessee State football greats John A. Merritt, Ed "Too Tall" Jones, and Joe Gilliam Jr. are three of the Black College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2013 inductees, announced on Tuesday.
Merritt had a record of 60-32-4 in his first job as head coach at
Jackson State from 1953-62. However, his greatest success was as head
coach at TSU from 1963-1983 where he compiled a record of
172-33-7 for a winning percentage of .811. Five of his teams were unbeaten and five others only lost only one game. His teams were chosen by the Pittsburgh Courier seven times as the Black College National Champions.
Merritt coached 144 players who played professional football, including Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Joe Gilliam Jr. and Claude Humphrey. His total record for 31 years was 232-65-11 for a winning percentage of .753. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994.
Ed "Too Tall" Jones signed with Tennessee State to play basketball, but
left the team after two seasons to play football under Merritt. His famous nickname comes from a
teammate at his first football practice pointing out that his football
pants didn't fit, because he was "too tall" to play football.
Ed became a two-time All-American defensive lineman, playing on a team that only lost two games en route to winning the Black College Football National Championships in 1971 and 1973. Jones ranks third in school history in sacks in a season (12) and fifth in career sacks (38).
In 1974, Jones became the first player from a historically black college program to be selected as the number one overall pick in the NFL Draft when the Dallas Cowboys made him the No. 1 overall choice. Jones earned Pro Bowl honors three times. He retired at the end of the 1989 season, having never missed a game, playing the most games by any Cowboys player (232) and being tied with two others for most seasons (15).
Joe Gilliam Jr. grew up on the campus of Tennessee State where he shattered every major passing record at the school and countless other black college records.
Gilliam was one of the most popular players in TSU football history and gained his cool nickname when long-time football observers noted that his name was called all along historic Jefferson Street, which runs near the TSU campus in Nashville, Tennessee.
Gilliam was an All-American in 1970 and 1971 at TSU and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 11th round of the 1972 NFL Draft. He became the Steelers' starting quarterback in 1974, and is known as the catalyst of the 1975
Super Bowl team although he did not finish the year as the starter. Gilliam earned two Super Bowl rings with the Steelers winning Super Bowl IX and X.
The Black College Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday announced its Class of 2013. The newest members were selected from a list of 35 finalists who had been determined earlier this year by the Black College Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee comprised of journalists and former football executives from around the country. Former inductees also submitted their votes in an effort to determine who will join this elite group of pioneers who have significantly impacted college football.
The inductees will be honored February 16, 2013 at the Loews Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia at the Black College Football Hall of Fame's Fourth Annual Enshrinement Ceremony presented by the Atlanta Falcons. The NFL Network's Steve Wyche will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the Enshrinement Ceremony. For more information please visit www.blackcollegefootballhof.org.


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In my mind, Gurtogg Bloodboil is the toughest boss to heal in Black Temple. Many guilds stagnate at 4/9 in BT, and others continue to have difficulties with Bloodboil long after their first kill. From my own personal experience, nothing turns a happy tree into a miserable pile of mulch faster than an untimely Fel Rage! This boss is never truly on farm status: every time you bring a new healer or try a new group composition, you might spend hours relearning the fight. The lessons of Mr. Bloodboil are important ones for any healer to learn–they reveal how Blizzard conceptualizes endgame healing and healers' roles in a raid. The skills you must master in order to take this boss down consistently are the same ones that will allow you to succeed in any of the demanding fights at the finale of the Burning Crusade.
This article will help your raid win at the Bloodboil encounter even if you do not have the ideal group makeup. In a perfect world, a guild would always have ten healers and two shadow priests just itching for a chance at this encounter, but in practice, we all have to learn to work with the tools we have available.
The Boiling Basics
This encounter alternates between two phases, both of which are fairly hectic.
Phase 1
Tanks: The fight requires three main tanks, all of whom will trade Gurtogg's aggro around like a hot potato. They will suffer a stacking debuff called Acidic Wound, and all three will need consistent healing even when they are not the boss's active target.
Healers: Split them between the main tanks and the bloodboil groups. Melee needs some, but not much, attention. Heals over time are extremely useful for the two tanks who are not Gurtogg's current target.
DPS: Your mages, warlocks, and other aggro monkeys can pew-pew as usual, with the caveat that they must stay below all three tanks on threat.
Bloodboil: Gurtogg applies the "Bloodboil†debuff to the five players furthest from him every three seconds. This damage over time spell is En-Ay-As-Tee-Why. To survive the dreaded boils, a raid must rotate the players who soak them–the ability stacks, and if a person gets "double-boiled,†well, she's a goner. Typically ranged dps and healers make up the bloodboil sponges. We designate groups 3-5 as bloodboil groups, and we have a caller whose main job in the fight is to indicate when groups should move into the waterfall area furthest from the boss to take the DoT.
Phase 2
Fel Rage: Gurtogg afflicts one lucky player with Fel Rage. If this is you, congratulations! On the plus side, you become a giant version of yourself and gain 30,000 health and 15,000 armor (sweet!). Moreover, your healing done increases by 100%, and your damage output increases by 300%. Sounds great, right? However, on the minus side, Gurtogg has been buffed too, and now he's targeting YOU. If you are the victim, you must do everything you can to heal yourself or mitigate the damage.
Bloodboil: You guessed it! Still ticking.
Geyser: Gurtogg casts this AoE damage spell on the Fel Rage target at the beginning of the phase. Spread out to avoid too much splash damage.
Tanks: Acidic wound continues to tick, so they need maintenance healing. Heals over time are ideal.
Healers: Healers must pick up the Fel Rage target immediately and spam that player with with their largest heals, always of maximum rank. If the Fel Rage target dies, Gurtogg will revert back to the tank with the highest threat, and in his strengthened form, he will make mincemeat of him. Meanwhile, raid and tank healing must continue.
DPS: Every player except the Fel Rage victim receives the (resistable) debuff "Insignificance.†The insignificant ones can unleash all the pain they desire on the boss without fear of pulling aggro.
In order to take this boss down, your raid has to survive the horrors of Phase 1 and Phase 2 multiple times. How is this possible? It isn't easy, but the tips below will certainly help. These tips will carry over into the rest of your Burning Crusade healing–master them, and you will be ready for Illybeans, Archimundo, and the whole Sunwell gang, who deal out the splash damage like candy on Halloween.
Four Key Tips
Tip #1: Make detailed assignments
For this boss, healing assignments must be exact and phase-specific, and they must suit the individual healers' abilities. See the table below for sample healing assignments by phase and class. Many groups, including my own guild, find that this fight is easiest with ten healers, but an experienced raid can use eight. If your raid is learning this fight, asking a priest to re-spec for Pain Suppression can be very helpful.
Ideal Class
Other Options
Phase 1
Phase 2
|Gurtogg's Current Target
|Fel Raged Player
|Gurtogg's Current Target
|Fel Raged Player
IDS priest (extra credit for Pain Suppression
|Gurtogg's Current Target
|Fel Raged Player
HoT all tanks
HoT all tanks
Fel Raged Player
CoH Priest
Bloodboil Group #1
|Bloodboil Group #1
CoH Priest
Bloodboil Group #2
Bloodboil Group #2
CoH Priest
Bloodboil Group #3
Bloodboil Group #3 (until the debuff clears, then Fel Raged Player)
9 (optional)
HoT all tanks / Swing Healer
|Fel Raged Player, subs for any other healer who is Fel Raged
|10 (optional)
Gurtogg's Current Target
|Fel Raged Player
Tip #2: Change targets efficiently (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Macros)
Make sure you have macros that let you switch targets in a timely manner. To pick up Gurtogg's target, my guild's healers use the following macro:
/target gurtogg bloodboil
/cast [target=targettarget,help] [] Holy Light
For "Holy Light,†sub in your largest heal. You will need it for the Fel Rage victim!
Even as a resto druid, I find this macro very useful, as it helps me identify either the tank of the moment or the unlucky soul with Fel Rage. I use it with Regrowth, but if I am healing the Fel Rage target, I will switch to Healing Touch spam after some initial HoTs. I also use a separate macro to help me pick up each of the three tanks. In this fight, there is no time to waste on targeting! If you hesitate, someone will die. I find some version of this basic macro useful in many different fights.
Tip #3: Don't be a hero
In earlier content, a healer might get away with covering someone else's assignment. In this particular encounter, it will always look like there isn't enough healing on group 3, or the tanks, or the Fel Rage target. Healing is a scarce resource in this fight, and the whole darn thing is an emergency situation. You must stick to your assigned target, no matter what. Several weeks after we first killed Gurtogg, my guild spent an entire evening wiping to him. When we looked at wws, we found that healers were not adhering to their assigned targets–when you try to "save†people in this fight, you let your whole raid down.
Tip #4: Do a post-mortem analysis
It's entirely possible that your healing team is already following tips 1-3. Yet, Gurtogg is still laughing in your faces as he slaughters the Fel Rage target every single time. In order to identify problems and difficulties, use both your own powers of observation and diagnostic tools like Recount and wws. When my guild has had trouble with Gurtogg, it has always been due to one of the following five classic blunders. Take this boss as a primer in troubleshooting: if you can diagnose the problem with Bloodboil, you can do so again when you face the end bosses of T6. For each boss you encounter, keep notes on the usual causes of failure–never let your research go to waste.
Potential Problem Areas
Problem #1: Your bloodboil rotation is off
This is the primary thing that has killed Collateral Damage while we were supposed to be "farming†Bloodboil. Check and make sure that people are moving in and out of the waterfall area with perfect coordination. The bloodboil groups are performing a lovely little dance–make sure everyone else isn't spoiling the ballet by being too far off to the sides. You must also have designated bloodboil substitutes in case one of your original soakers dies.
Problem #2: The healing assignments don't suit your group
Healers should confer with each other after unsuccessful attempts. If someone was unable to do his job properly, find out why! It may not be his fault. Many times, the arrangement that worked for a previous group has to be adjusted when new players enter the field. You can still win if your healing roster isn't ideal–try scrambling around the assignments after each attempt until you find what works.
Problem #3: The Fel Rage targets are caught by surprise
Everyone who gets Fel Rage must do everything possible to lessen the burden on the healers. Panic is deadly–every player should have a Fel Rage plan before the boss is pulled and stick to it when the time comes.
Problem #4: Fel Rage healers are over-confident
Some Fel Rage healers forget that healing needs increase throughout Phase 2. You have to keep spamming those heals, even if your target looks stable. In a moment or two, they won't be.
Problem #5: Your raid's dps is low
Sometimes it's just not a healer's fault. Even if the team is doing everything right, Gurtogg will eventually overwhelm the raid if you go through too many Fel Rage cycles. I've seen us lose people to Fel Rage and still win, but only if the dps is good. The bad news is that the wipes will always look like the healers' fault. You will need to check wws to see if your dps was on track for the attempts in question.
In summation, Gurtogg Bloodboil is a complex fight, and a win or loss depends on many factors. Keep these tips in mind, and you'll be well on your way to that perfect one-shot.


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How they work and how to avoid them
If you have fallen behind on your mortgage payments and your home is in foreclosure or default, be aware that you and your home may become targets for home equity theft or foreclosure rescue fraud scams.
The perpetrators of these scams claim they can solve your debt problems and stop your foreclosure. They then use deceptive tactics to obtain ownership of your home for a fraction of its market value, and leave you homeless yet still the holder of the mortgage that is still in foreclosure.
If you are having problems making your mortgage payments or are in default or foreclosure, contact your lender immediately. Lenders generally prefer to work out a new payment plan, than actually go through the complex process of foreclosure.
If you are facing foreclosure, you should know your rights under the law and be aware of the signs that someone is attempting to take advantage of you.
How the scammer finds you
When your home enters foreclosure, your lender files a record of foreclosure—called a "lis pendens"—with the local county clerk's office. The county clerk's office publishes a list of all recorded foreclosures in the county, including the address, on a weekly basis in local newspapers. Scammers obtain these lists to find vulnerable homeowners.
The scammer will contact you by mail, by telephone or even by knocking on your door, and offer you some sort of financial solution to your foreclosure or default. Sometimes these scammers will target entire neighborhoods or cities by posting advertisements and fliers marketing their services. In these offers, they claim to be able to "stop foreclosure", "save your home" or get you "quick cash for your home."
How the scammer deceives you
These predators try to convince you that they want to "rescue" you from foreclosure and offer you one of any number of fraudulent "solutions", including:
- Buying your home so that you can pay off your mortgage and then live in the house as a renter, at a low rent, until you can afford to buy back the home;
- Paying your mortgage in exchange for temporarily holding the deed to the home, allowing you to live in the home as a renter, at a low rent, until you can afford the mortgage payments again;
- Asking you to put the deed to your house in another person's name (who allegedly has better credit than you do) so that the scammer can find you new and more affordable financing;
- Making a low-cost loan to you so that you can pay off some or all of your mortgage, and then pay back the scammer, who holds the deed to the house as collateral; and
- Offering to negotiate on your behalf with your lenders for reduced interest rates and debt forgiveness.
Once you agree to one of these "solutions", the scammer then steals your home or your equity by using deceiving practices such as:
- Convincing you to sign a contract that seems to be for the legitimate sale of your home to the scammer, but actually just gives over your home's deed to the scammer with no requirement for any payment to you;
- Convincing you to sign a contract with a buyback agreement that states you must pay an enormous fee when you buy your home from the scammer, or states you must buy back the home within an extremely short period of time, making it impossible for you to ever save enough money to do so;
- Charging you extremely high interest rates and fees on what was promised to be a "low-cost" loan with which you could pay off your mortgage, and then taking the deed to your home when you default on that loan;
- Actually buying your home from you, but then charging you huge hidden fees that suck up much or all of the proceeds of the sale;
- Charging you huge fees for "negotiating work" with the lender that is either never done, or that you could have done;
- Lying to you about the length of time you have before your house is put up for foreclosure auction, pressuring you to sign documents quickly and without reading them; and refusing to allow you to speak to your lender or lawyer.
Ultimately, the scammer has either bought your home for a fraction of its legitimate price or has actually stolen the deed to your home without a penny of payment, leaving you homeless but still responsible for the mortgage, which is still in foreclosure! In some cases you might keep ownership of your home, but pay so many fees or so much interest that you are broke and have no money for future payments.
How to avoid being scammed
Never do business with anyone who calls you, mails you, or knocks on your door with offers to help fix your foreclosure or default. Do not respond to advertisements and fliers making similar offers.
If you are having problems making your mortgage payments or are in default or foreclosure, contact your lender immediately. Lenders often prefer to work out a new payment plan, rather than go through the foreclosure process.
If you are facing foreclosure, contact a certified housing counselor. Housing counselors can help you and, unlike scammers, they can give you advice on your options and resources, help you find free legal services, and help you negotiate better financing for your loan.
To find an approved not-for-profit housing counselor in your area visit DHCR.
Homeowners seeking counseling or advice can also call the 24-hour toll free HOPE NOW HOTLINE at 888-995-HOPE (888-995-4673). HOPE NOW is an alliance of HUD approved counseling agents, servicers, investors and mortgage lenders that provide free foreclosure prevention assistance.
If you live in New York City, you can also call the Center for New York City Neighborhoods (CNYCN) at 311 or 646-786-0888. CNYCN partners with more than 50 agencies and coordinates foreclosure prevention and intervention services in all five boroughs. CNYCN can help you find the right services for your needs.
Never sign any papers or contracts and never enter into any agreement without first consulting your own lawyer—not a lawyer provided by the individual offering to "help." If you do not have an attorney, the New York State Bar Association may be able to refer you to an appropriate attorney for your situation. If you cannot afford a private attorney, you may qualify for free legal assistance. If you are low income, you can search for a nonprofit legal aid organization near you via the Legal Service Corporation website or via LawHelp.org, an online directory of free legal service providers in New York. New York's Homeowner Protection Program (HOPP) may also be able to connect you with mortgage assistance programs and free, qualified legal services. Call the HOPP hotline at (855) 464-3456 or visit homeownerhelpny.com. If you are unsure of how to proceed, call the DFS Foreclosure Relief Hotline at (800) 269-0990 for assistance.
If you think you have been scammed, contact the Department of Financial Services to file a complaint.


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PDX Small Homes Go Big -is about how the City of Portland Bureau of Planners and Sustainability and Department of Environmental Quality have put together this great video
explaining ADU's- or is it Laneway housing or Mother-in-Law studio or Secondary Dwelling or Accessory Dwelling – OR – What do you call it? – watch the video HERE and let me know what you think.
The growth of these units compromise a quarter of the new single dwelling residence permit applications. Currently there are 800 completed ADU's in PDX and more on the way. The city has waived development SDF fees until June 1, 2014, often a savings of $11,000 or more.
There is even a ADU Tour in PDX June 1, 2014, no mine Nordic Studio will not be on the tour this year, it is so popular and booked out through Airbnb. If you would like a personal tour just let me know!


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Are You Boring Your Prospects?Posted by suthers, Nov 12 2010, 03:07 PM
Let me ask you a question, when you joined your company, were you actually excited about the products or services that they offered?
I ask that question because so many presentations are the opposite of exciting - they are downright boring. Let's do something about that right now!
Let's start with the most obvious. Let's say you're at a family barbecue, or a business networking function, or a party, and someone asks that perennial question "What do you do?" Now, I do hope that you're not still telling people your "day job" if you're only part-time in your MLM business. Your salary isn't going to increase by letting people know you're a "teacher" or a "plumber". But maybe your OWN BUSINESS could grow if you handle this well. Now you could be unprepared and just stumble an answer. You could give a dry description of your company. You could terrify the heck out them by telling them you're a network marketer. Or you could say something that was at least a bit rivetting.
I have a range of things I say, depending on where I am, and my mood at the time. For instance at my tennis club, or at family functions, I might say "Well actually lately I've been helping people with their sex lives in a really interesting way". If I'm at something more formal I might say "I give people a licence to print money" and might even add "Do you know anyone who wants some?"
These little lines are designed to break the ice, avoid triggering defensive attitudes, and get people smiling and asking questions. And the way that I answer that might be a quick description that shares my excitement at the same time "taking it away" from them (eg, "This probably wouldn't be for you, but maybe you'd know someone"). Or I might answer with my 100% appointment strategy, but that's a topic for another day .....
Now when I get down to the "eyeball to eyeball" presentation of my opportunity, it is fast-paced and emotive. I show a product, I show stunning proven results. I show another product, I show more stunning proven results. I ask them have they ever seen or heard of anything that can do anything like that, ever before. I ask how many people they know who would actually give their eye teeth to have those products, and I base my income projections for them on LESS THAN WHAT THEY'VE ESTIMATED.
Then I show them the published, audited average earnings so that they can see for themselves that people are getting those incomes and much more.
Then I build a word picture of what they'd need to do in order to earn that money, and more word pictures of how they'd be spending that money.
In short, I bring the presentation alive to fit the person, and I make it as experiential as possible. The more analytical the person, the more I go into financial analysis, company track record, scientific platform, etc, etc, but the real power in the presentation is that it is far from boring because it is about exciting products, an exciting opportunity, and it is always about them, not me.
As long as I'm talking about them, I'm possibly the most interesting person on the planet, and so is my presentation ...
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Hello all, I am new here, I actually just found this website today looking for guidance as it has been a rough week for me. I have always been sensitive to.. I don't even really know how to refer to it, but.. spirits or presences. I have dabbled with trying to communicate when I feel a strong presence (usually my grandfather) but stay away from those I don't know or understand. I am extremely susceptible to what I perceive as darker "beings" if you will and to be honest it scares the crap out of me sometimes. I am here looking for guidance on how to maybe shut them out at times or to learn how to embrace and help them and my self.
I live with my boyfriend and his mother where I have felt a presence in the hallway out side of out bathroom and both of our bedrooms. It had never been malicious before this weekend when my boyfriends mother left to go out of town. My boyfriend and I were jolted from bed at 3:30 am to the dvd player (which hasn't worked in 6+months) screaming some sort of movie through the speakers with the tv OFF. My boyfriend proceded to unplug everything from the back of the tv and it continued to play until it randomly shut off on its own. Overall just extremely weird. That same morning we woke up to go fishing while it was still dark, we got down to the dock where by bf was getting the boat ready (still dark). I grabbed some ti leaves and said a quick prayer asking for safety and fish to share with our family and friends. I turned around to go back to my truck to grab our bags and there at my door was a huge looming dark figure. I could not see features just a shadow but I knew It was a man with a skewed face. I was paralyzed and couldn't breathe. My brain stopped working. I forced my self to think of gods pure white light completely enveloping me and was able to move. I got back in my truck and locked the doors ( idk why). Afterwards I felt so emotionally drained and almost abused. The next day I was doing our laundry going back and forth from my room to my bfs passing by the bathroom and through the little hallway that I mentioned earlier. As i was putting away the last of my clothes I saw the figure out of the corner of my eye clear as day pass through the hallway in to the living room. The feeling I got this time was dark and suffocating. I couldn't get my self to walk in to that area of the house until it was time for bed. Im pretty sure these are two different people as the one at the dock was large feeling, wider and shorter than th one in my house ( tall, thin, and "lighter" in color? aura? Im not sure. These were just a couple of experiences I've had this week.
Anyway, my boyfriends mother comes home today and I hope these experiences lighten up. If anyone has any experiences or advice they would like to share please please please do so. I hate feeling so nervous and scared all the time!


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The Himmeli Hack
Holy Himmelis! What the heck is a himmeli, you ask? Well, they've been popping up all over the internet, and these geometric tube structures are all the rage! Himmelis are a Finnish type of mobile originally made out of straw. The word Himmeli is Swedish for "Sky/Heaven" making it very appropriate to use these lil' guys as a hanging decoration.
I had an idea to install a TON of these awesome geometric designs over a dance floor for a recent wedding. My initial search for the "how-to" led to tutorials made with brass tubing. Not only did it seem a little heavy and dangerous to hang brass tubing….but dang…it was getting expensive. Enter: The Himmeli Hack. It begins with my favorite mantra, "There's nothing a little spray paint can't fix!" Yup, you guessed it, a little metallic spray paint and an Amazon order of 500 clear plastic drinking straws and we were in business! Himmelis for days! They are lightweight, cheap and easy to transport! Boom-shaka-laka!
The best part is that there are so many options for the types of shapes you want to create and you can really let your imagination run wild! Above are a few of my favorite designs. Now, for a tutorial I recommend checking this out…I totally renegaded this DIY and didn't measure a thing. Sometimes it is more fun to fly by the seat of your pants! Here's a peek at the finished design-it's a Himmeli Party!


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I have a simple application under way that is invoked multiple times with different command line arguments. Each invocation accesses a common piece of shared memory for a different task. Display to monitor or file; Mysql interface; query data from machines and post to a structure in shared memory; (beginning to really like those semicolons) watch for specific abberant machine behaviour and send a corrective command. One arguement posts a flag that tells them all to die.
This all works
It works well enough that even if all the delays and watch-outs are inhibited in the code, half a dozen processes reading and writing to the same memory have run flat out for 48 hours without logged conflicts or memory leakage
The problem is that after any process times out and quits or is instructed to shut down by a command from a terminal, no further processes are able to attach to the memory. The next invocation creates and attaches another region of shared memory Subsequent invocations attach to second set of processes instead of the first, which still may still be active.
IPCS and top show predictable data. The number of attached processes increments and decremnts as it should. The creation of a new set of processes using a new piece of shared memory show up as expected.
One header of one column of the ipcs display looks as if should list some version of KEY but that part of the display is all 0s in my version. Anyone know about this?
There is something I do not know about accessing and releasing shared memory. The procedure is right out of the book:
The values of shared_memory and schmid are not modified anywhere in the code. Test print statments show that they are the same at exit as at acquisition.Code:int shmid = shmget((key_t)mykey, bulk(),0666 |IPC_CREAT); if (shmid == -1) { fprintf(stderr, "shmget failed\n"); goto shut_down_relay; } shared_memory = shmat(shmid, (void *)0, 0); if (shared_memory == (void *)-1) { fprintf(stderr, "shmat failed\n"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } printf("\nMemory attached at %X shmid = %d\n", (int)shared_memory, shmid); . . . . if (shmdt(shared_memory) == -1) fprintf(stderr, "shmdt failed\n"); else printf("detached memory"); printf( "shmid %d", shmid); if (shmctl(shmid, IPC_RMID, 0) == -1) fprintf(stderr, "shmctl(IPC_RMID) failed\n"); else printf(" released memory ");
The execution and development platform is a modest Ubuntu Linux machine with plenty of memory and processing capacity. The processes are now run from multiple Gnome terminal windows.
All routines exit through the same piece of code. There is only one exit() in the entire program. It compiles cleanly with -Wall
RATS! I just solved this well documented stupid repeateable problem, but the solution is informative so it gets posted.
After reading the pages for shmctl() a dozen times I realized it destroys the memory segment on every call, not a matter of "last one out turns off the lights". Got rid of it in the shut down code, just shmdt() now, and every thing is perfect. In this application it is a non_issue to leave 11206 bytes of memory stranded. The only things the computer does is perform these contol and logging functions. If the memory stays allocated to KEY and it is always the same KEY, the memory will still be there when the processes come back, and, as kind of an undependable bonus, will be filled with generic process data that may not cause any drastic process jerks before new data accumulates.
The clue was that as I was testing this question for repeatability, I realized that processes that exited with a ^c did not cause the problem.
Is a day wasted on education really wasted? I learn, but there is blood on the walls and ceiling.
I hope this helps someone avoid a problem.
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The fortified church of "Urphar" has a nice-sounding organ. The organ was built in Marktheidenfeld in 1780 by Johann Conrad Wehr. The case of the organ is made of raw pine wood and equipped with fine rococo carvings. The playful curlicues form a vivid contrast to the simple beam structure.
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Dexter Oliver, 22, is suspected of attempted murder of a San Francisco woman.
A day after his girlfriend was set on fire in San Francisco, police and the U.S. Marshal's Service Task Force arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the fiery attack.
Without giving away too much detail, San Francisco police said they "received information" about Dexter Oliver's whereabouts, and arrested him at a hotel in Oakland. He surrendered without incident, police said. He was taken to San Francisco and was booked on charged of attempted murder and arson, police said.
Police say that on Sunday, Oliver allegedly threw flammable liquid on his 25-year-old girlfriend - Starr Lamare - and set her on fire, sending her to the hospital with severe burns.
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"She said he had to get out and they were over," Lamare's sister, Precious Craig told NBC Bay Area on Sunday night. "And she left the laundromat and ten minutes later, she was burned."
Family members said that Lamare and Oliver had been dating for six months and had a rocky relationship. Relatives also said that the couple was returning from the laundromat down the street, when Lamare told Oliver she wanted to break it up. Oliver allegedly returned home to get some gasoline, relatives and police said.
Officers were called about noon to Hollister Avenue between Jennings Street and Ingalls Street near the Bayview district on reports of a woman screaming. When they arrived, they found that she had been severely burned.
Craig told NBC Bay Area that when she visited her sister in the hospital, her face and chest were so burned that she barely recognized her.
Previous report: Los Angeles man charged with setting homeless woman on fire
"They argue all the time," Craig said. "Couples argue all the time, but I didn't know it was going to go this far."
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Rei, Rei's copywriter Justin and i mooched on over to Jody's quaint seapoint palacio to play poker on thursday night. the night began with chips and beer, peaked at imported butter biscuits with chocolate on them and shuddered to a climax with bags of woolies gum sweets and some coke light. the life of the young and the risky.
things went really well considering it was the first time i played for money. in fact around half way through the evening i was a veritable mogul and the rest of the players were wagering their iMacs, their Flickr Pro accounts and one brave sod offered up a removable hard drive to make up for the fact that they didn't have any chips left. then i went and did what every overconfident, sugar-rushing poker players does; i started abusing my power and making silly bets that i didn't even care that much about when i really should have folded until 10 minutes before cutoff time and then forced the remaining chips out of the corners of my dwindling foes. but i didn't do that – i lost my wealth and my power, miserably. i went all in and came out all out. but it did teach me a few very valuable lessons that i can apply to every day agency life.
lesson #1: if you don't have money to start with, you're not going to make money. you might make a little money. pussy money. but this is not going to make you rich, and you should keep visualising that wine farmer / applying for a management position / 'moving into PR'.
lesson #2: once you click how the game works, you will think you own it, and that it's your bitch. the game, like advertising, is not your bitch. it will lull you into a false sense of confidence in your wildly wonderful creative skills / card flare / luck vibes, but ultimately, you will spend a lot of time beating yourself up for folding before you saw the cards / doubling up the blinds when you were rich / talking like a texan oil baron because that's the effect money has on you.
lesson #3: the person to your left, whom you call a friend during daylight hours, is fucking you over and cheating you out of your money. i don't even need to put an advertising spin on that one.
lesson #4: the drunker you can be while playing, the better. sucks for me, since i still haven't decided on a brand alignment or signed an endorsement deal with an alcopop. 2 cans of coke light down and you get a little jittery. you get annoyed that you have to keep telling the person to the left that it's their turn. when you tap out your host thinks there's someone at the door and when he jumps up to answer it, you want to kill him, so you shove a handful of woolies sweets in your mouth and make a resolution not to eat carbs tomorrow. gah!
lesson #5: poker is way better than ad agency-based book club. and i don't just say this because the king james book club has rejected my application to join them in their naff little meets in the library on fridays. i don't even want to join their bookclub. i already have a bookclub, even though it's in jozi, and i hardly get to see them, but i get to watch them on tv because they are so fabulous top billing and the like enjoy following them around. i say this because when we play poker, we all start out as equals, whereas agency bookclub seems to have some sort of strange heirarchy built into it involving a chairman who doesn't even work at the agency and looks like stephen king. i'm not bitter. i'm just saying.


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The world depends on mariners. Mariners depend on SCI. And we depend on you.
Photos taken in and around the California Bay Area, including the International Maritime Center in the Port of Oakland, the Golden Gate Bridge and Center for Seafarers' Rights Director Doug Stevenson conducting training.
Photos by David Rider, President & Executive Director.
The Seamen's Church Institute cares for the hardworking men and women of maritime commerce, but our mission would not be possible without the help of individuals, churches, corporations and foundations that work with SCI to meet their needs.


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Google bought personalized news feed startup Wavii for more than $30 million, reports said.
The news came from a reliable source, according to TechCrunch, which announced the news of the sale of the Seattle-based company. The 25-person company was founded by Adrian Aoun and will now be headed to Mountain View to work on Google's Knowledge Graph team.
Apple was in talks to also acquire the company, but Google got the company after a bidding war.
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Called a "natural language processor," Wavii basically aggregates news stories after a user makes several choices about the news he or she wants.
However, Wavii's semantic search knowledge is also helpful to Google.
The $30 million number may seem a bit high, but not that strange when you realize it's the same sum paid for news aggregator Summly by Yahoo.


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What planet is Bell on?
I'm not sure what planet Delegate Rob Bell lives on, but apparently it's one in which the inevitabilities of life include death, taxes, and the fact that "boyfriends will always beat up girlfriends." [July 15 cover package: "Tough: Virginia's new DUI laws"]
This unfortunate comment indicates that Bell views domestic violence as a normative behavior for men, which is an inaccurate and unacceptable statement, particularly from a public servant. It is essential to educate men and women that relationship violence is not typical and that interventions exist to help prevent abuse.
Conflict de-escalation tools can assist couples in monitoring their anger and recognizing signs of potential violence. Perhaps Bell would benefit from speaking with some of the women at Shelter for Help in Emergency (SHE) or at SARA to gain further information.
In the meantime, I would discourage him from making glib analogies between relationship violence and alcohol consumption to promote his new law.
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VCSE Workshops - Victims' Services (Avon & Somerset PCC Area)
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Tuesday, 25 March 2014 from 09:30 to 16:00 (GMT)
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VCSE Skills and Information Workshops – Victims' Services
Pulse Regeneration is delivering Skills and Information workshops to providers in the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector who deliver victims' services.
From the 1st October 2014, Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) will be responsible for commissioning the majority of victims' services locally through a budget from the Ministry of Justice. This means service providers may be bidding to their local PCC to obtain funding to deliver services, as well bidding to other public sector bodies.
The Ministry of Justice intends to support the VCSE sector through this new commissioning landscape to increase their capability and capacity to deliver services including those commissioned by PCCs.
Workshops will help VCSE organisations prepare for commissioning, and are designed to better enable frontline service providers to bid for grants and/ or contracts when tendering processes are launched.
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- Opportunity to learn from a guest speaker
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The workshops are FREE and will be delivered in each of the 43 PCC areas across England and Wales. The workshops are aimed primarily at those VCSE sector organisations that deliver or are intending to deliver victims' services, and are planning to bid to the public sector, including PCC in order to obtain contracts to deliver local services.
Places are limited; to find out more about the workshops including delivery dates and how to register your interest in one of the workshops please visit:
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Voran_the_Scholar wrote:sidewinderl wrote:They're doing Batman next, and it'll be out around this September. The publisher is Warner Bros, so there's obviously no indication they're sticking to Lucas Arts.
Oh yes...I had forgotten about that.
God bless.
Batman is still a licensed line though. Probably without a license their isn't enough drive behind getting a game for LEGO to verify doing it.